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- Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivations
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Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivations
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Description
First published under title: Etymological geography.
Details
Language
en
Duration
~10 hours (576K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United Kingdom: John Murray, 1887.
Credits
Brian Coe, Karin Spence. The book cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2022-09-20
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
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About the author
Christina Blackie
Best known for a lively guide to the origins of place names, this Scottish writer turned geography and language into a kind of literary detective story. Her work reflects a 19th-century curiosity about how history, culture, and language leave traces on the map.
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